Re: Re: My Meter Is Here

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what about the idea that alcohol helps the veins to stand out?

Chuck

Re: My Meter Is Here

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> hi all, and lora, i'd always been told to be sure my hands were clean

> when testing my blood. BUT! last week i was in the hospital for a facet

> joint injection on my back, ok? two things happened. they did a finger

> stick test and didn't swab my finger with alcohol first. i asked about

> this and was told that they've changed that rule, they now figure that

> since its your own finger, its your germs and doesn't matter.

> i said, but i have treats in my pocket for my guide gog and thats on my

> hand. didn't matter, they said even alcohol can cause glitches in the

> readings. ok, the then they hooked up the i v for sedation and didn't

> clean the top of my hand first. now, i've had no problems ... buti'm not

> sure what to think about this. what if i'd just cleaned up someone elses

> mess and still had their germs on my hand? i'm going to find out about

> this new idea. i always wash my hands first ... but ...what if. at any

> rate lora please go back to your doc. in some places now, doctors don't

> get paid to make phone calls back to the patient and so they don't, you

> have to depend on second hand info passed on to you by the nurse. if your

> reading are 435, thats serious and you need to go in to the doc and not be

> pawned off on the nurse. there are diabetic education classes of some sort

> in most every town now and someone can get test strips for you or put you

> in touch with an agency that can. there are also agencies like catholic

> comummunity services; salvation army etc., that might help you get the

> supplies you need; if you're on medicaid, talk to your case worker about

> what to do to get the things you need.

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